Grito de Capotillo

Grito de Capotillo
Part of Dominican Restoration War
Date16 August, 1863
Location
Capotillo (back then part of the Santiago Province)
19.420 N, 71.670 W
Result

Rebels succeed

The Dominican Restoration War begins.
Belligerents
Dominican Revolutionaries Kingdom of Spain
Province of Santo Domingo
Commanders and leaders
Santiago Rodríguez
Benito Monción
José Cabrera		 Felipe Rivero y Lemoine
Marquess of Las Carreras

The Grito de Capotillo is considered the act that began the Dominican Restoration War that sought the Independence of Dominican Republic from the Kingdom of Spain. This act, initiated by Santiago Rodríguez Masagó on August 16, 1863, was the third (and final) proclamation of Dominican independence from an occupying force, succeeding prior proclamations such as the formations of The Republic of Spanish Haiti and the First Dominican Republic of 1821 and 1844, respectively.

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